JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Public Service Commission has approved the $286 million sale of bankrupt LSP Energy to South Mississippi Electric Power Association.

Commissioners voted 3-0 Monday to give Hattiesburg-based SMEPA the right to operate the natural gas-fired power station in Batesville. The order also gives SMEPA the right to acquire any rights of way that it needs for transmission lines.

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